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9780886750794

Essential Modernism

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  • ISBN13:

    9780886750794

  • ISBN10:

    0886750792

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-02-01
  • Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
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Summary

Originally created to accompany the 2007 exhibition Modernism: Designing a New World 1914–1939” at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC,Essential Modernismbrings into focus the foundation and meaning of Modernism as the defining movement of the twentieth century. Surveying objects and images from many media and industries, the book traces the historic development of the modern form, starting with the post-World War I search for utopia and continuing through to the start of the Second World War.

Author Biography

Sarah Newman is Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

The Modern Worldp. 1
Utopiap. 9
The Modern Movements and the Modern Lookp. 15
The International Stylep. 33
The Modern Photograph and Filmp. 41
A Total Art: Modernism in Art and Lifep. 53
Americap. 67
The End of Modernism?p. 75
Timelinep. 80
Further Readingp. 83
Picture Creditsp. 84
Indexp. 86
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